Charlie Hofheimer

Charles Nathan Hofheimer (born April 17, 1981^[2]) is an American actor.^[3] Beginning his career as a child actor, Hofheimer made his film debut in Lassie (1994), subsequently appearing in Boys (1996) and Fathers' Day (1997). Transitioning into adult roles, Hofheimer had supporting roles in films such as Music of the Heart (1999), Black Hawk Down (2001), The Village (2004), Would You Rather (2012), Paranoia (2013), and Easy Living (2017).

Charlie Hofheimer
Born	Charles Nathan Hofheimer (1981-04-17) April 17, 1981 (age 44) Detroit, Michigan, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–2019, 2024–present
Spouse	Shannon Lucio
Children	1[1]

He is best known for his supporting roles as Abe Drexler on the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons of the AMC period drama series Mad Men (2010–13), Ben Grimes on the Fox political espionage thriller series 24: Legacy (2017), and Wallace White on the Apple TV+ period mystery thriller miniseries Lady in the Lake (2024).

Life and career

Hofheimer was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was a year old.^[4] He began acting at a young age. His first film role was in the 1994 version of Lassie. He has appeared in other feature films such as Boys, Fathers' Day, Music of the Heart, Black Hawk Down and The Village. In 2008 Hofheimer produced, directed, wrote and edited a short film, Baggage.

Hofheimer's television credits include Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Law & Order, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, Numb3rs, Medium, House M.D., and Mad Men.

Hofheimer has also starred in several theatre productions. In 1996 he played Kenny Simmonds in Minor Demons at the Currican Theatre in New York City, and then again in 1997 at the Century Theatre in New York City. In 2000 he played Ovid Bernstein and Tobias Pfeiffer II in Old Money at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in New York City. His other stage performances include Spittin' Image (as Matt) at the Forum Theatre, Ruler of my Destiny (as Hart) at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, Opelika (as Matty) at the Third Eye Repertory Company in New York City, Treasure Island (as Jim Hawkins) at the Blue Light Theatre Company in New York City and he made his Broadway debut as Jimmy in On the Waterfront.^[5]

In 1999, he graduated from New York Lab School, a small public school in New York City.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Lassie	Jim Garland
1996	Boys	John Cooke
1997	Fathers' Day	Scott Andrews
1998	Edge City	James
1999	Music of the Heart	Nick at 17
2001	Last Ball	Jim
	Black Hawk Down	Corporal Jamie Smith
2002	The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald	James Powell
2004	The Village	Kevin
2008	Baggage		Short film; Also producer, director, writer, and editor
2009	Blur	Raymond
	Against the Current		Also associate producer
2010	Numb	Jason
	Autopilot	Mike
2012	Would You Rather	Travis
2013	Paranoia	Richard McAllister
2016	Dependent's Day	Larry Wright
2017	Easy Living	Norman
2019	The Mandela Effect	Brendan
	The Nearest Human Being	Devin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	New York News		Episode: "A Question of Truth"
1996	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Jeff / Dean	2 episodes
	Law & Order	Andrew Jansson / Ben Karmel	2 episodes
1999	Trinity		Episode: "Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down"
	Now and Again	Nick	Episode: "A Girl's Life"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kevin McCallum	Episode: "A Night at the Movies"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jerry Dupree	Episode: "Tortured"
	NCIS	Petty Officer First Class Bobby Wilkes	Episode: "High Seas"
2006	Numb3rs	Ron Allen	Episode: "The Running Man"
2007	Medium	David Channing	Episode: "Second Opinion"
	House M.D.	Mark Allmore	Episode: "97 Seconds"
2008	Eli Stone	Scott Miller	Episode: "I Want Your Sex"
	Canterbury's Law	Ethan Foster	3 episodes
	Fear Itself	Scott	Episode: "Community"
2009	Cold Case	George Sweeney	Episode: "Lotto Fever"
	Without a Trace	Chris White	Episode: "Voir Dire"
2010–2013	Mad Men	Abe Drexler	11 episodes
2011	Rizzoli & Isles	Lieutenant Dan Forman	Episode: "We Don't Need Another Hero"
2012	Private Practice	Ron Nelson	4 episodes
	The Good Wife	Officer Zimmerman	Episode: "Blue Ribbon Panel"
2014	Grey's Anatomy	Jason Castor	Episode: "Do You Know?"
2015	Castle	Eric Chambers	Episode: "At Close Range"
	Perception	Roger Pierce	Episode: "Brainstorm"
	Turn: Washington's Spies	Lieutenant Chaffee	3 episodes
2017	24: Legacy	Ben Grimes	7 episodes
2018	Escape at Dannemora	Kenny Barrile Sr.	Miniseries
2019	The Man in the High Castle	Daniel Levine	Episode: "Mauvaise Foi"
2019	For All Mankind	Dennis Lambert	2 episodes
2024	Lady in the Lake	Wallace White	Miniseries